Before presidential meals became photo ops, they were shaped by survival, region, and habit. In Part One of this two-part series, we trace the favorite foods of America’s earliest presidents and discover how corn, salt fish, macaroni, and cherries reveal a young country still figuring out how to feed itself. These aren’t cute trivia facts. They’re clues to how power looked before anyone was watching. Then we chat with Speaker and Author Marissa Cohen!

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